Folly Bridge, Oxford
Maker
(artist)
1747-1821
1747-1821
Title
Folly Bridge, Oxford
Date of Production
(circa) 1790 - 1794
Medium
brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 24.7 cm
Width: 24.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.443
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
F.R. Meatyard (London, active 1912-1964); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (3 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 16/07/1977-03/12/1977
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1977
cat. no. 75
no. 75
Illus. p. 112
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 24
cat. no. 75
no. 75
Illus. p. 112
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 24
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "448".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "448".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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